The Weakest Link


8:30 pm - 9:15 pm, Saturday, July 4 on BBC One London (1)

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Season 3, Episode 13

Romesh Ranganathan is joined by contestants JB Gill, Kaye Adams, Helen Flanagan, Davood Ghadami, Adam Pearson, Ivo Graham, Toyah Willcox and Jen Brister. They must initially work together to bank as much money as possible for charity, before voting off round by round


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Cast & Crew

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Jen Brister (Contestant)
Toyah Wilcox (Contestant)
Ivo Graham (Contestant)
Adam Pearson (Contestant)
Davood Ghadami (Contestant)
Helen Flanagan (Contestant)
Kaye Adams (Contestant)
JB Gill (Contestant)
Olivia Clark (Producer)

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Did You Know..

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Romesh Ranganathan (Host)
Born: January 30, 1978 in Crawley
Best Known For: Being a comedian.
Early-life: Born Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan in Crawley on January 30, 1978. He is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. He started performing stand-up while he was working as a mathematics teacher at schools in Crawley and Banstead. He became a professional comedian in 2012.
Career: Ranganathan's breakthrough came in 2013 when he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Since then, he has appeared on a number of comedy panel shows, including Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Have I Got News for You. He has also performed stand-up on Live at the Apollo and presented the BBC Three series Asian Provocateur and co-presented the ITV series It's Not Rocket Science.
Quote: 'I think I'm a mango. Just very sweet and lovely.'
Trivia: Ranganathan is a vegan and supports Arsenal FC.
Jen Brister (Contestant)
Toyah Wilcox (Contestant)
Ivo Graham (Contestant)
Adam Pearson (Contestant)
Davood Ghadami (Contestant)
Born: June 13, 1982 in Harlow, Essex
Best Known For: Playing Kush Kazemi in EastEnders.
Early-life: Born in Harlow, Essex on June 13 1982. His earliest roles saw him appearing in The Bill and Casualty in 2005. Davood also has a younger brother, called Bobby.
Career: Early on in his career, Ghadami had many small roles in a number of television shows, including Dream Team, Spooks and The Omid Djalili Show. He then became a series regular in Taggart, playing Duncan Clark. Since then, he has appeared in Doctor Who, Skins, Casualty and in EastEnders as Kush Kazemi. Ghadami has a number of film credits, including John Carter, Red Mercury and Extraordinary Rendition. He also performs on stage, having played Amir in 13 at The National and worked with York Theatre Royal and Pilot Theatre.
Quote: 'The feeling of live theatre is amazing.'
Trivia: He won the Best Soap Newcomer at the TVChoice Awards in 2015.
Helen Flanagan (Contestant)
Born: August 07, 1990 in Bury
Best Known For: Playing Rosie Webster on Coronation Street.
Early-life: Helen Joyce Gabriel Flanagan was born in Bury on August 7, 1990. At the age of five, she started attending the Carol Godby Theatre Workshop in Bury. She appeared in a number of adverts before landing the role of Rosie Webster in Coronation Street in 2000.
Career: During her time on Coronation Street, Helen's character was held hostage by Greg Kelly along with her Street sister Sophie and their mother Sally, became a Goth, embarked on an affair with school teacher John Stape, and became a topless model. Her last appearance on the famous cobbles was in February 2012, but the door has been left open for her to return. In 2012, she endured in a number of Bushtucker Trials during her time on I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! In September 2013, she appeared on Channel 5's Celebrity Super Spa.
Quote: On leaving Coronation Street: 'I have played Rosie for more than half my life and I feel the time has come for me to move on and try something new.'
Trivia: In 2013, she was voted the most attractive British woman in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll.
Kaye Adams (Contestant)
Born: December 28, 1962 in Grangemouth
Best Known For: Anchoring Loose Women.
Early-life: Kaye was born in Grangemouth on December 28, 1962. Her parents ran a family road haulage business. She went on to study Economics and Politics at the University of Edinburgh. Her media career started as a graduate trainee at Central Television and her initial focus was political and news programming. In 1988, she began working on ITV's nightly news programme, Scotland Today.
Career: In 1992, Adams began hosting the discussion programme Scottish Women and it marked the start of her career as a talk show host. Following the success of Scottish Women, Adams co-presented ITV Weekend Live, Central Weekend Live and This Morning, and was a reporter on the first series of I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Between 1999 and 2006, Adams anchored the popular ITV daytime talk show Loose Women. She returned to the show in 2013. She has also guest hosted The Wright Stuff on Channel 5 and co-hosted Scottish lifestyle programme The Hour with Stephen Jardine.
Quote: 'There's a certain group of celebrity that I don't get excited about.'
Trivia: Adams writes a weekly column for the Daily Record newspaper and presents phone-in show Call Kaye on Radio Scotland.
JB Gill (Contestant)
Born: December 07, 1986 in Croydon
Best Known For: Being a member of boy band JLS.
Early-life: Jonathan Benjamin Gill was born in Croydon on December 7, 1986 to Cynthia and Keith. He has one brother, Neequaye. JB spent the first five years of his life in Antigua before returning to Croydon. He took a keen interest in music from a young age and by the time he was seven, he could play the recorder, piano, flute and guitar. He went on to attend the Centre for Young Musicians in London. He studied theology at King's College London before dropping out to pursue a music career.
Career: In 2006, he joined boy band UFO. In 2008, they auditioned for The X Factor but had to change their name because it was already being used by another group. They decided on JLS and they ended up reaching the final of the talent show, losing out to eventual winner Alexandra Burke. JLS went on to sign a record contract with Epic Records and released their debut album in November 2009. It was a huge success and went on to sell more than 1.4million copies. They released a further three albums and a greatest hits collection before deciding to call it a day. Their final concert was at the 02 arena in London on December 22, 2013. Away from JLS, Gill has competed on Celebrity MasterChef. In early 2015, he was a contestant on Channel 4 reality series The Jump.
Quote: 'London has so much to offer, it is an incredible city. There is so much to learn and appreciate here.'
Trivia: A promising rugby player, he was with the London Irish rugby club until he was 18.
Olivia Clark (Producer)
Barbara Wiltshire (Director)

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